The BEST episodes of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian sci-fi/drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes from 1996 to 2000. The presence of Dan Aykroyd opening and closing every episode and emphasizing the legitimacy of the organization it was inspired by led some viewers to take the show somewhat more seriously than intended, though it was in fact a scripted drama.
#1 - Force Majeure
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2000
Case File # unknown Lindsay and Peter are under cover as a married couple to investigate aberrant behavior among community residents.
#2 - Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1996
Case File #99101: ""Reptilian Revenge"" After an elderly man dies, his pet snakes escape Case File #44114: ""Ghostly Voices"" A voice calls a woman home.
#3 - The Tribunal
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/1999
Case File #899-997 The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research is transporting a young woman who's had an alien encounter, when their van is engulfed in a bright light from a UFO, temporarily blinding the investigator, and the woman disappears.
#4 - Once Upon a Time in the West
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1999
Case File # unknown An old man following three Old West outlaws is actually Axon 30 years in the future, warning his younger self against inventing time-travel.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Observer Effect
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1999
Case File #222-989 The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research investigates after a UFO is sighted in the woods near the private community of Poplar Glen.
#6 - 883
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1999
Case File # unknown A doctor's mission to colonize a new world forces Matt to make a decision about his future.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Regeneration
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2000
Connor Doyle, the team's case manager in the first season comes back from the dead, but this time his intentions are not all good.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Body and Soul
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1999
Case File # unknown The team's investigation of a woman's precognition of her own death leads to a shocking discovery.
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#9 - Creeping Darkness / The Power
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1996
Case File #77110: ""Creeping Darkness"" Impenetrable darkness threatens to engulf an Argentine town Case File # unknown: ""The Power"" Stress boosts a woman's psychokinesis.
#10 - Sacrifices
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999
Case File # unknown The O.S.I.R. investigates satanic cult activity on a college campus.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - GeoCore
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2000
Case File # unknown Oil drilling in an ancient tribal burial ground unleashes a demon killer.
#12 - Free Fall / The Presence
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996
Case File #47129: ""Free Fall"" A sky diver tells of defying gravity Case File #92109: ""The Presence"" A child fears a destructive force.
#13 - The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1997
Case File #213127: ""The Greenhouse Effect"" Plants attack a family Case File #213127: ""The Buzz"" Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.
#14 - The Grey Men
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1997
Case File #669-207 The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research is called to an abandoned industrial park to investigate a UFO sighting. Case Manager Matt Praeger hears a buzzing noise and disappears without a trace.
#15 - The Undead / Stalker Moon
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1997
Case File #763139: ""The Undead"" A homeless man revives during his autopsy and escapes Case File #569135: ""Stalker Moon"" A fan stalks an actress from the grave.
#16 - All Hallows Eve
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1998
Case File #659-311 The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research case manager Matt Praeger, security co-ordinator Ray Donahue, chief science analyst Peter Axon and senior data analyst Lindsay Donner visit the scene of a grisly, pre-Halloween murder of two college students who died after having their faces torn off.
#17 - Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1997
Case File #295143: ""Second Sight"" A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions Case File #734138: ""Chocolate Soldier"" A cult leader has power over women.
#18 - Palimpsest
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1998
Case File #600-001 The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research investigates after the body of an elderly woman is found in the basement of a soon-to-be demolished apartment building.
#19 - The Infestation / Human Apportation
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996
Case File #33130: ""The Infestation"" NASA scientists die searching for a meteorite Case File #87105: ""Human Apportation"" A Californian and her daughter inexplicably find themselves in Toronto.
#20 - The Damned
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1997
Case File # 905-209 When the pool water mysteriously starts to churn and boil, a man drowns and sinks to the bottom. The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research starts to investigate.
#21 - Frozen in Time
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1997
Case File #417-205 Deep in the interior of a national park, a strange epidemic strikes a Native American reserve, turning the residents into living statues.
#22 - Hell Week
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/1998
Case File # 416-209 The Dean at Braddock University brings the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research in to investigate an incident involving psychokinetic power.
#23 - The Egress (1)
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/1998
Case File #102-964 Ray Donahue and Peter Axon fan out through a secret research facility searching for Axon's friend Dr. Leon Schraft, a colleague from Axon's MIT days.
#24 - Jaunt (2)
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1998
Case File #898750 As the third season begins, physicist Peter Axon is the only remaining member of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team. Dr. Anton Hendricks is apparently dead, having disappeared into a mysterious apportation device known as the Arch, case manager Matt Praeger has tendered his resignation after differences with the O.S.I.R.'s Director of Operations Frank Elsinger and senior data analyst Lindsay Donner has left the team after running afoul of Praeger and revealing confidential information. Axon and Curtis Rollins, the case manager assigned to the Arch case, take their investigation to a remote area of northern Quebec after an RCMP officer finds a woman wandering alone in the sub-tundra. It turns out the woman had vanished into the Arch and then re-appeared 2,000 miles away. Lindsay Donner and Matt Praeger rejoin the team to recover Hendricks from the Arch.
#25 - Forever and a Day (1)
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1999
Case File #298-321 Psychic healer has just successfully restored the sight of a blind woman when he is interrupted by the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research agents and taken to the central lab to test the man's healing powers.